2010 Annual Report - Green Energy Ohio

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11th Annual Meeting
Green Energy Ohio Board & Staff
Annual Meeting Agenda
Wild About Green Zoos: Doug Piekarz, Mark Fisher,
Cathi Lehn, Terri Kepes & Mike Long
6 GEO Volunteer Recognition
7 2010 GEO Annual Recognition Awards
11 Thank you Sponsors and Exhibitors
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Sustainable Energy Clearinghouse
Ohio’s Premier Renewable Energy Magazine
Clean Energy Network Meetings
Solar Electric Training
Solar Thermal Rebate
Educational Webinars
Regional Workshops
Wind Program Update
Ohio Solar Tour
2010 Annual Meeting
2010 Membership Report
2010 GEO Board, Staff & Volunteers
2010 Resources
2010 Statement of Activities
2010 Statement of Financial Position
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Green Energy Ohio
Board of Directors, Trustees & Staff
Board of Directors
Jim Gravelle, President, Gravelle Communications
Blake Andres, Vice President
David Heckler, Treasurer
Dale Arnold, Secretary, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Carol Bintz, Toledo Museum of Art
David Champagne, Minster Wind
Cheryl Dickson-Walker, Media Magic Productions
Lawrence Falkin, Cincinnati Office of Environmental Quality
Alan Frasz, Dovetail Solar and Wind
Sister Paula Gonzalez, EarthConnection
Michelle Greenfield, Third Sun Solar
Jack Hedge, Design Group, Inc.
Jim Hiendlmayr, Bio-Gas Technologies
Greg Kuss, Solar Vision
Robert Martin, Wells Fargo Advisors
Steve Melink, Melink Corporation
John Norton, Norton Engineering
David Panich, Panich + Noel Architects
Joe Perlaky, University of Toledo
David Rosenberg, Gamesa
Staff
Don Scherer, Bowling Green State University
William Spratley, Executive Director
Adil Sharag-Eldin, Kent State University
Sarah Straley, Program Manager
Jay Warmke, Blue Rock Station
Emily Sautter, Wind Program Manager
Barry Adler, Operations Coordinator
Sara McSwords, Membership Coordinator
Jack Clock, Southwest Project Coordinator
Scotte Elliott, Solar Coordinator
Guinevere Barber, Design Intern
Board of Trustees
Tom Kiser, PSI
Greg Kuss, Solar Vision
David Wilhelm, New Harvest Ventures
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Annual Meeting Agenda
Wild About Green Zoos
9:00am – 12:00pm: Registration, Trade Show/Silent Auction Open to Public
9:30am – 11:30am: GEO Board Quarterly Meeting / Board Election
12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch - Buffet-Style, Picnic Foods
1:00pm – 4:00pm:
1:00pm – 1:40pm:
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1:40pm – 2:00pm:
2:00pm – 2:20pm:
2:20pm – 2:40pm:
2:40pm – 3:00pm:
3:00pm – 3:30pm:
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3:30pm – 3:50pm:
3:45pm:
3:50pm – 4:00pm:
Annual Meeting Program
GEO Welcome/2010 Annual Report Overview, Bill Spratley
GEO Board Introduction, Jim Gravelle
GEO 2010 Annual Recognition & Volunteer Awards
Akron Zoo, Doug Piekarz
Cincinnati Zoo, Mark Fisher
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cathi Lehn
Break to Visit Trade Show
Grid Smart from AEP Ohio sponsors Live Animal Presentations,
Sherry Hubbard
Columbus Zoo, Mike Long; introduced Terri Kepes
Close Silent Auction
Closing Remarks/Annouce Silent Auction Winner
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Visit Trade Show; Optional Tours of Zoo
.. Geothermal Unit and OSU Solar House
5:00pm: Zoo closes
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Wild About Green Zoos
Speakers
Doug Piekarz
Vice President, Planning, & Conservation Akron Zoo
Big Vision, Small Zoo: The Story of the Akron Zoo’s 20 year
Journey into Sustainability
The power of setting Big Hairy Audacious Goals at a small zoo has helped
unify a staff, inspire partnerships, create opportunity, and continue to
challenge the view of sustainability, while creating cost effective master
planning and construction plans.
Mark Fisher
Senior Director of Facilities, Planning, and Sustainability
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Mark first worked as a Project Manager for Turner Construction, where he
oversaw the construction of major exhibits at the Cincinnati Zoo. In 2006,
he joined the Zoo as the Senior Director of Facilities and Planning. In
addition to the standard duties of a Facilities Manager, Mark is the driving
force behind the Zoo’s sustainability movement. Implementing the most
aggressive green building program in the nation and reducing its natural
resource consumption, Mark has taken the Zoo from an organization that
barely had a recycling program, to becoming the greenest Zoo in America.
Cathi Lehn Ph.D
Resource Specialist The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Climate Change Exhibit and PNC SmartHome Cleveland at
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will display the nation’s premier
traveling exhibit on climate change this July through December. Part of
the outreach programming associated with the exhibit is PNC SmartHome
Cleveland, an exhibit house to be built on Museum property showcasing
advanced green building and energy conservation technologies. This
presentation will summarize highlights from the exhibit, the SmartHome and
upcoming programming and events.
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Terri Kepes
Vice President, Design Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Terri Kepes, VP of Planning and Design, has worked at the Columbus
Zoo and Aquarium for 21 years. Prior to this, she was the Exhibits/
Graphics Designer for the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, formerly Burnet
Park Zoo, in Syracuse New York and held a similar position at the
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, formerly the Dayton Museum
of Natural History. Terri has been involved in a leadership role
with green initiatives at the Columbus Zoo for well over a decade.
The purchase and installation of FSC wood for the African Forest
construction project in the late 90s was the first major action step
the Planning and Design Department took toward environmentally
sustainable choices and the Zoo has led in its continual exploration
and implementation of innovative green initiatives.
Mike Long
Sustainability Consultant Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium…An Engine of Sustainability
Mike Long is the President of Resource 100 LTD, a consulting firm
with a focus on waste reduction, recycling and the conversion of
waste to products, fuels and energy. He was engaged in 2008 as
Sustainability Advisor to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to work
with the senior staff on developing a culture on sustainability. Since
then has helped the Zoo with its waste reduction and recycling
practices, leading the way to a Zero-waste facility. Mike also
manages a variety of energy conservation and renewable energy
projects including an integrated geothermal/water plant project,
lighting improvements, energy conservation and water management.
He is currently leading the planning effort for the deployment of a
major solar PV system at the Zoo.
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GEO 2010 Volunteer Recognition Awards
GEO’s programs are a success thanks to the time, expertise, and personal resources
donated by many GEO volunteers. GEO recognizes the following volunteers that
contributed more than 15 hours in 2010 with a GEO Volunteer Recognition Award.
Barry Adler
David Ambrose
Charles Ampong
Blake Andres
Dale Arnold
Roger Beck
Matt Bennett
Carol Bintz
Bryan Burgess
Everett Burgess
Jessy Byers
George Byers Kauffman
David Carpenter
Michael Challender
David Champagne
Gary Chancey
Jennifer Chema
Sachin Chopra
Elaine Clock
Stephen Cochran
Cheryl Dickson-Walker
Karen Diehl
Lucas Dixon
Arvin Donner
Tad Dritz
Ralph Dull
Matt Edgin
Laura Ehninger
Kevin Eigel
Scotte Elliott
Jean Etherington
Larry Falkin
Cindy Fink
Alan Frasz
Sam Garber
Valerie Garrett
Robert Gilbert
Sara Gilfert
Trevor Goerig
Paula Gonzalez
Al Gotch
Jim Gravelle
Michelle Greenfield
Mark Gundelfinger
Donald Hall
Kelly Hartnett
David Heckler
Jack Hedge
Jim Hiendlmayr
Missy Hintz
Roger Hummel
Catherine Hunsinger
Jerrold Hutton
Kathy Jacobson
Robert Karl
Kurt Keljo
Tom Kiser
Rick Kremer
Greg Kuss
Richard Lamprey
Jerome Leard
Craig LeCaptain
Don Lee
Tony Logan
Chuck Lohre
Sonia Marcus
Bob Martin
Dave McBean
Jestinah McDonald
Michael Mearini
Steve Melink
Donna Meller
Chris Meyer
Ted Meyer
Brad Mohr
Meg Mundy
Delle Nadler
John Norton
Wendell Ott
Dave Panich
Ed Perkins
Thank You!
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Joe Perlaky
Joe Peschel
Chrissy Pfeifer
Kathryn Piekarski
Doug Piekarz
John Poulson
Judy Radosevic
Richard Radosevic
Linda Ramey
Tom Rapini
Barbara Revard
Christine Roberts
Kelle Santa Maria
Don Scherer
Katie Seitter
Adil Sharag-Eldin
Tom Snyder
Faye Spratley
Ian Studders
Jim Urzykowski
Ruth Vandersall
Colin Vogt
Jay Warmke
Francis Webb
David Wilhelm
Cindy Woodward
GEO 2010 Pioneer of the Year
Recognition Awards
2010 GEO
Pioneer of the Year
Michelle Greenfield
Michelle Greenfield is the Co-owner and CEO of Third Sun Solar, a business she and her
husband started in 2000. In 2001, Michelle joined the Board of Directors of Green Energy
Ohio, and then served as its President from 2005 to 2007. Michelle’s company, Third Sun
Solar, has installed over 300 renewable energy systems and has become one of the premier
full-service providers of clean energy systems in the Midwest. Third Sun currently employs
28 people; most of whom are based in their home office in Athens. 2010 was a large
growth year for the company as it successfully installed eight of Ohio’s solar American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects around the state.
2010 GEO
Pioneer of the Year
Greg Kuss
Greg Kuss Is the Founder and CEO of SolarVision, a Power Purchase Provider located in
central Ohio. Greg brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the company as well
as a long-term commitment to sustainable energy alternatives. His role includes serving
as Chief Executive Officer with oversight of all operations and serving as the company’s
principal liaison to the solar industry. Greg is a fourth-generation energy businessman.
Since 2001, Greg has served as a Founding Member, Past President, from 2003-2005
and current member of Green Energy Ohio, Board of Directors and is newly appointed to
the GEO Board of Trustees.
2010 GEO
Pioneer of the Year
Al Frasz
Al Frasz is President and Principal Owner of Dovetail Solar & Wind, a multi-million dollar
renewable energy systems implementation & consulting services firm. Al leads the sales,
marketing, finances, and corporate strategy, focusing on increasing market awareness, new
business development in commercial & non-profit sectors, improving financial performance,
enhancing supplier relations, and identifying strategic partnerships. He provided leadership
on strengthing Dovetail’s business processes & systems to enable rapid growth and
expansion where revenues increased over 2800% since 2005, leading to expansion into four
additional locations, tripled staff, and significantly increased market awareness, reputation
and customer references. He has served on the GEO Board since 2009 and he is a current
Chair of the Membership Commitee.
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GEO 2010 Clean Energy Community of the Year
Recognition Awards
2010 Clean Energy Community of the Year
Ohio Green Zoos
Akron
Akron Zoo began its journey into green infrastructure and
operations at a point in time when it was not generally
accepted as “the thing to do”. The Zoo’s Green Team has
been active for 20 years and is responsible for guiding the
zoo’s sustainability efforts from recycling, through the latest
project which includes enough solar energy production to net
zero a new train ride.
Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is recognized as the
greenest zoo in America for its aggressive, all encompassing
sustainability program. A big part of its effort is the zoo’s
commitment to clean, renewable energy. The zoo has several
advanced energy installations around its campus, including
solar PV, solar thermal, wind, and geothermal. The latest
endeavor, a 1.56 MW solar array canopy system in the zoo’s
parking lot is one of its crowning achievements. As the largest
educationally accessible urban solar array in the U.S. the 6,400
Melink Solar Canopy provides power for 20% of the zoo’s
annual energy.
Cleveland
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s sustainability efforts include,
the new African Elephant Crossing LEED-certified exhibit,
extensive recycling programs for employees and visitors,
including education, composting animal manures and
bedding materials for use on grounds and also for sale, and
the Resource Management Committee (green team) which
recommends new sustainability initiatives to management.
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Columbus
Since 2008, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has invested in
sustainability projects designed to reduce the use of electricity, to
save water, resources, and money. Projects range from a unique
geothermal system, to “smart” skylights, new energy-efficient
lighting systems and 3 million LED holiday lights.
Toledo
The Toledo Zoo is committed to walking the conservation talk through
sustainable construction and operating practices. The latest example is
the 1400’ Solar Walk that extends the length of the Zoo’s parking lot. In
additional to providing almost 2% of the Zoo’s energy needs at the peak of
demand, the Walk informs Zoo visitors about steps they can take to conserve
natural resources. Solar panels on the Zoo’s ticket booths, combined with
energy generated from a residential wind turbine, power the ticket booths.
An extensive geothermal system helps to heat and cool the aquarium. In the
Zoos newer exhibits, extensive use of natural lighting, combined with lighting
control systems, further decreases the Zoo’s reliance on non-renewable
energy resources.
2010 GEO Business of the Year
Design Group
DesignGroup is a 54-person architecture and
planning firm that specializes in education, library,
civic, workplace and healthcare buildings. The firm
has designed buildings that use less energy and
promote a sustainable world. The firm was recently awarded Governor Strickland’s Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Stewardship. Currently, Design Group is working on
six LEED projects, with seven, past projects becoming LEED certified. One such building is the
Hocking College Energy Institute--the first education building in Ohio to be LEED Platinum Certified.
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GEO 2010 Recognition Awards
2010 GEO Volunteer
of the Year
2010 Dayton Solar Tour
2010 GEO Volunteer
of the Year
2010 Dayton Solar Tour
For the past three years Roger
has volunteered on the GEO
Solar Tour working with other
volunteers and site owners to
make the Dayton Region Tour
one of the fastest growing tours
in the state. The area is fortunate to have many types
of advanced energy systems available to showcase,
and Roger looks forward to making the 2011 Tour
better than ever. Roger is currently the Accounts
Manager for EnergyWize, a solar PV/solar thermal
design and installation company in Dayton, OH.
Karen Diehl was the organizer
and leader for the 2010 Dayton
Region Solar Tour Volunteer
Organizer Committee. The
Dayton Region tours consisted
of 25 host sites covering 14
cities and 310 visitors. Karen also worked with the
City of Fairborn to designate October 2, 2010 as
National Solar Tour Awareness Day.
Karen Diehl
Roger Hummel
2010 GEO Public
Official of the Year
Columbus Mayor
Michael B. Coleman
2010 Non-Profit Group
Energy Program, Dayton
Development Coalition
Chris Meyer
As Director of Energy Programs,
Chris Meyer worked with a wide
range of small businesses active
in the green energy space. With
goals to raise awareness, offer
collaboration opportunities, and grow jobs, he facilitated
meetings and presentations with business, academia, and
non-profits in the Dayton region and beyond. A most
recent accomplishment was his collaboration with Green
Energy Ohio to design and carryout GEO’s largest and most
successful conference to date this past February in Dayton.
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launched the Get Green
Columbus initiative allowing
the City of Columbus to lead by
example and reduce the city’s
impact on the environment. A
major goal of the mayor’s is to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from city operations
10% by 2015. This is being achieved through building
energy efficiency projects, retrofitting pedestrian and
traffic signals with LED technology, generating renewable
energy such as hydropower, biogas and solar power
and using alternative fueled vehicles in its fleet. Mayor
Coleman has also developed incentive programs to
help businesses reduce their energy use such as the E3
program for manufacturers and the Green Columbus
Fund program to incentivize the development of LEED
certified buildings and redevelop brownfields. For more
information visit www.getgreencolumbus.org.
GEO would like thank sponsors,
exhibitors and attendees!
Sustaining Sponsor
Power Sponsors
Exhibitors
GEO Source One
Green Energy Ohio
Inspiramental
Third Sun Solar
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Green Energy Ohio 2010 Annual Report
Mission: Green Energy Ohio (GEO) is a statewide nonprofit organization
dedicated to promoting economically and environmentally sustainable
energy policies and practices in Ohio.
Sustainable Energy Clearing House
An extensive Green Energy Ohio (GEO) web site of over 2,900
pages at www.GreenEnergyOhio.org continued to provide Ohioans
a one-stop shop to learn more about alternative energy in Ohio
and acrossthe nation. GEO continues to revise portions of its
website, with significant staff time going to the construction of the
Ohio Solar Tour Web page. The GEO had over 6.5 million hits in
2010.
Using the interactive Ohio Solar Tour web pages developed in
2009 with Google Maps and tour site guides, in October 2010,
GEO organized the largest solar tour in the nation with 243 site
owners according to ASES (American Solar Energy Association).
This tour remains on the website along with the 2009 tour.
See: www.greenenergyohio.org/ost/page.cfm?pageId=719.
Additionally, in 2010-2011 GEO presented its first-ever educational
webinars and posted the Green Energy Ohio News Magazine,
presentations and some podcasts at regional workshops, online surveys, policy developments and rebates/incentives on its
website.
In cooperation with OSU Extension and under an Ohio Dept. of
Development (ODOD) grant, GEO provided content for the statespecific website EnergizeOhio focused on energy efficiency and
renewable energy incentives at: http://energygizeohio.osu.edu.
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Green Energy Ohio 2010 Annual Report
Ohio’s Premier Renewable Energy Magazine
Green Energy Ohio News Magazine
Ohio’s Premier Renewable
Energy Magazine
Four quarterly, statewide, full-color editions of Ohio’s only
renewable energy magazine, Green Energy Ohio News
Magazine, were distributed across the state of Ohio
throughout 2010 and into Winter of 2011. 28,500 copies
of the magazine were distributed and each issue covered
cutting edge clean energy news showcased by region and
featured case studies of state-of-the-art energy efficiency,
solar, wind, and other green technologies.
In its third year of production, Green Energy Ohio staff
worked with a marketing firm, GREENCREST (out of
Columbus, Ohio), to re-brand the magazine. Three
outcomes were established: a new name for the
magazine--going from GEO News to Green Energy Ohio
News Magazine; a new masthead and an embellishment
on the logo stating, “Celebrating 10 Years.” The
marketing work was made possible thanks to a generous
donation by GEO Board member, Greg Kuss.
Each magazine was uploaded to the GEO website as a
free download to the public. The 2010-11 magazine can
be found here:
http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=574
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Regional Clean Network Meetings
Regional Clean Energy Network Meetings
GEO hosts regional Clean Energy Network meetings across the state for those who are interested in meeting
with others who want to learn more and share information about clean sources of energy, technology
available, how to benefit, what their community is doing with clean energy, and how to get a project started.
The goal of the Clean Energy Network is to increase energy awareness and provide resources for individuals
and businesses seeking to reduce energy consumption. Meetings are held monthly or bi-monthly, and feature
guest speakers on clean energy topics, and networking time.
The highlighted meetings below can be found with event details here:
http://www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=901
Northeast Ohio Clean Energy Network
Discontinued funding from The Cleveland Foundation during the second half of 2010 limited GEO’s abilities to offer
programming in Northeast Ohio. Clean Energy Network meetings were limited to volunteer events between June
and December
Notable 2010 presentations included: Beyond Copenhagen: What Can We Do Together? (David Beach, Roger
Sallant and Matt Zone); Justification of a Low-Carbon Diet (Stephanie Spear); Residential Energy RetrofitsWhere to Begin, Green Energy Training Opportunities (Matt Berges); and REVs, HEVs 4 U - Is an Electric or
Hybrid Vehicle in Your Future? (Brian Shar)
Central Ohio Clean Energy Network
This network meeting met from 7:30am-9:30am at the Ohio Governor’s Residence in Bexley in 2010. In
2011, these meetings were held at clean energy sites.
See www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=568
Notable 2010 speaker presentations included: New Town Centers Go Green (Ralph Ireland); Cleveland
Indians Go Green (Brad Mohr); Director Chris Goes to Copenhagen (Chris Kroleski); Electric Vehicles and
Renewable Energy (Giorgio Rizzoni); Green Building Activity in Central Ohio (Kurt Smith) and Solar Power
through PPAs (Greg Kuss).
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Southwest Ohio Clean Energy Network
The Clean Energy Network program in the Southwest Ohio Region conducted monthly
meetings in 2010 with a variety of events and topics hosted at different locations in the
Cincinnati and Dayton areas. See www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=678
Notable 2010 Southwest Clean Energy Network meetings include: Solar Energy Roundtable
& Exhibition (Steve Melink); Clean Energy Outlook for 2010 (Andy Holzhauser, Tim Wieck,
& Greg Bickford); DP&L Goes Solar With 1.1 MW Array, Edison Community College Energy
Training (Joe Jancauskas, Matt Owens, Art Bowers, and Tom Looker); Smart Grid Technology
(Larry Feist, Avery Adams), and University of Dayton Renewable Energy Program & Wind
Projects in Ohio (Kevin Hallinan, John Leland and David Champagne).
Northwest Ohio Clean Energy Network
The Northwest Ohio Clean Energy Network did not hold regular meetings in 2010 due to lack
of funding and paid staff in the region. Activities were limited to the October 2010 Northwest
Ohio Solar Tour. GEO’s Wind Program, however, was active at a number of test sites in
Northwest Ohio in 2010. On April 27, 2011, GEO has organized a Northwest Clean Energy
Network Event using GEO volunteers.
See www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=954
Southeast Ohio Clean Energy Network
The Southeast Ohio Clean Energy Network did not meet in 2010 due to lack of local GEO
staffing. Activities were limited the Southeast Ohio Solar Tour in October 2010. A new
training partnership with Zane State College will result in a GEO educational activity for the
first time in Zanesville.
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Solar Electric Training
Solar Electric Training
The Midwest Solar Training Network (MSTN)
In 2010-2011, GEO acted as the
Ohio Local Training Partner for
a U.S. Dept. of Energy “Train
the Solar Trainers” grant was
coordinated for seven Midwest
states by the Wisconsin ASES
Chapter, Midwest Renewable
Energy Association (MREA). This
three year grant formed the
Midwest Solar Training Network
(MSTN). In the Summer of
2010 GEO assisted in sending six
community college instructors to
use this new funding opportunity
for stipends to tap expert,
instructional resources.
Regional Map of the US Solar Instructor Network.
See www.midwestsolartraining.org
“This partnership was built to ramp up efforts that will increase the number of trained
workers in the solar industry,” is the MSTN mission. Launched in 2009, this five year
initiative will provide $27 million dollars to regional partners to address workforce
development barriers within the solar industry. The Interstate Renewable Energy Council
is the National Administrator of United States Department of Labor, Department of Energy
and Department of Education funds. The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA)
is the Midwest administrator and GEO’s partner in facilitating instructor training programs,
networking opportunities and curriculum development / sharing among state partners.
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Solar Electric Training
GEO Solar Training/Events Offered:
March 18-19, 2010 - Attended the Local Training Partner Organizational Meeting in
Wisconsin
July / August 2010 – Six instructors from six different training institutions attended
Solar Institutes on Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Technologies in Wisconsin
October 2010 - Green Energy Ohio, MREA and Local Training Partners host a mini
solar training best practices / strategic planning conference in Illinois
October 14 , 2010 – Ohio State of the State Webinar
October 29-31, 2010 - GEO Staff meet in Illinois for strategic planning conference
November 10-12, 2010 - Tehri Parker visits Ohio – Received tour of central,
southwest and southeast regions and training facilities January 21, 2011 - Ohio
Training Partners Networking Meeting (Instructor Meeting)
February 11, 2011 - Ohio Leads the Way: (Public Event)
February 12, 2011 - Ohio Leads the Way: Ohio Community Colleges Present Green
Jobs Training Opportunities (Public Event)
February 14 – 15, 2011 - GEO and Sinclair Community College Partner to teach
Solar Thermal Community & Workforce Training
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Solar Thermal Rebate Program
GEO Residential Solar Thermal Rebate Program
In 2009, GEO started up a two year financial
incentive for Ohioans to install residential solar
water heaters expanding the solar thermal
industry. In December 2008, GEO received most
of the $300,000 from a Federal Court settlement
by Sierra Club in a Clean Air Act case that
allowed GEO to offer residential solar thermal
rebates of up to $2,400 throughout Ohio. This
funding provided up to $60,000 over two years
allowing GEO to administer up to $240,000 in
residential solar water heating rebates. As the
intended two year administration of the GEO
Solar Thermal Rebate Program draws to an end,
Recipient of Green Energy Ohio’s solar rebate.
approximately $180,000 remains in rebate fund
still to be distributed to Ohio home owners. GEO
plans to continue to administer the rebate funds until they are spent, and will approach the Sierra
Club with organizational and financial revision in 2011. GEO publicized the rebate program in
its 2010 regional workshops, clean energy network meetings, and in the GEO News Magazine.
GEO continues to promote the program through the Ohio Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors
and Air Conditioning of America Association (PHCC-ACCA). By the end of 2010, GEO had issued
33 approved rebates with three pending. GEO listed 14 qualified solar thermal installers for the
residential rebate. GEO makes or oversees the final inspection of newly installed residential water
heating systems to qualify for the rebates.
See GEO Solar Thermal Rebates at: www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=2295
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Educational Webinars
GEO Educational Webinars
A series of nine, free webinars were designed by GEO to educate Ohioans on clean energy
technologies and incentives. Support for the webinars was provided by funding from Ohio
Department of Devlopement (ODOD). Recordings from eight of the concluded webinars
were posted on the EnergizeOhio website.
The speakers’ Powerpoint presentations have been uploaded to GEO’s Web site here:
www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=2777 and the video can be found here:
energizeohio.osu.edu/webinars.
Following is a brief description of each of the first-ever GEO webinars including how many
were in attendance:
Intro to Solar Hot Water Systems &
Incentives July 28, 2010 – 106 Attendees
Intro to Wind Energy Systems and
Incentives August 24, 2010 – 152 Attendees
Living & Working with Clean Energy
Technologies: Panel Discussion of 2010 Ohio
SolarTour Site Owners
September 15, 2010 – 38 Attendees
Intro to Solar Electric Systems & Incentives
October 20, 2010 – 80 Attendees
Get a Head Start on Winter with
Weatherization Tips & Strategies
November 18, 2010 – 63 Attendees
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Getting the Most Out of Your PV: Solar
Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs)
December 21, 2010 - 143 Attendees
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)
Financing January 12, 2010 – 77 Attendees
Power Purchase Agreements
January 26, 2011 – 73 Attendees
Federal and State Incentives That Drive
Clean Energy in Ohio
February 23, 2011 – 133 Attendee
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2010 GEO Regional Workshops: Green Energy & Green Jobs
Regional Workshops:
Green Energy & Green Jobs
GEO in 2010-2011 organized three regional community clean energy and efficiency
workshop and exhibitor events in cooperation with community partners in Southwest,
Central, and Northeast Ohio. Clean energy and energy efficiency topics included public
policy issues, solar, wind, green building and biomass applications, green job training
and business-to-business opportunities.
The 2010-11 workshops and attendance across the state totaled approximately 625
attendees:
Central
Columbus Hyatt Regency
110 attendees
Southwest
Dayton Convention Center
450 attendees
Northeast
Lorain County Community College
65 attendees
Most of the workshop speakers released their PowerPoint presentations to Green
Energy Ohio, which are available for a free download on the GEO web site. The
speaker breakdown by topic is provided in the table below.
2010-2011 Green Energy Ohio Regional Workshops:
Elyria – Columbus - Dayton
Attendees
Wind
Speakers
Solar
Speakers
Green
Jobs
Speakers
Energy
Efficiency
Speakers
Lorain
65
9
0
2
0
Columbus
110
2
4
0
2
Dayton
450
10
10
6
13
Totals
625
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Workshop
Location
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See the expert energy speakers with links to
their presentations at the workshops below:
GEO Northeast Ohio Workshop –
B2B Clean Energy Workshop: Creating a Sustainable Business Economy in Lorain County
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Lorain County Community College, John A. Spitzer Conference Center – Elyria
www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=2785
GEO Central Ohio Workshop –
Ohio Green Energy Market Makers: Business to Business Workshop
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Hyatt Regency Hotel – Columbus
www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=2797
Southwest Ohio Workshop – Ohio Leads the Way: Green Markets and Green Jobs
Friday & Saturday, February 11 & 12, 2011
Dayton Convention Center – Dayton
www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageID=2878
Policy
Speakers
Other
Speakers
Total
Speakers
Trade
Show
Exhibits
0
0
11
10
3
0
11
10
5
14
58
33
8
14
80
53
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Green Energy Ohio 2010 Annual Report
Wind Program Update
Small Wind and Utility Scale Wind Development Education
A half day of Expert Speakers on Wind Energy was featured by Green Energy Ohio at the
Northeast Regional Workshops at Lorain Community College on October 13, 2010. Wind energy
was also a topic at GEO’s regional workshops in Columbus (October 26, 2010) and Dayton
(February 11, 2011). Wind energy experts were utilized as speakers from organizations such
as Engineered Process Systems, ADI Wind, Great Lakes Towing, LEEDCo, Great Lake Ohio
Wind (now Freshwater Wind), Lorain County Community College, Byers Auto Group, Renier
Construction, Bricker & Eckler, Ohio Farm Bureau, American Wind Energy Association, Minster
Machine Company, Hardin County, U.S.D.A. Rural Development, Twenty First Century Energy,
Northern Power Systems, and the Buckeye Wind Project.
GEO offered a free webinar on August 24, 2010, on an introduction to Wind Energy Systems
and Incentives. The webinar was delivered by GEO staff Kemp Jaycox, and Emily Sautter, and
featured a case study from Ohio Green Wind. A total of 152 people attended the webinar.
GEO exhibited at the 2010 Farm Science Review in September for all three days of the statewide
event, and offered expertise for one session at the “Question the Authorities” pavilion.
Several informational presentations across Ohio were provided by GEO wind program staff by
request from organizations such as the Society of American Military Engineers, the Engineers Club
of Columbus, and the Columbus Bar Association
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Ohio Booth at AWEA and Wind for Schools
GEO wind program staff assisted the State of Ohio in its exhibit at the American Wind Energy
Association (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2010 Conference in Dallas in May 2010. This event attracted
about 20,000 participants and included a speech and reception with Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.
GEO also organized an initial meeting to discuss a Wind for Schools Program in Ohio with
important stakeholders. Larry Flowers, from the American Wind Energy Association delivered a
presentation on the US Department of Energy (D.O.E.) Wind for Schools program. GEO intends
to continue work on starting a Wind for Schools program in Ohio and assist RE-AMP with a
regional network focused on utility-scale permitting issues.
GE Turbine Blade at Windpower 2010
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Wind Program Update
GEO Public Database of
Ohio High Level Wind
Studies
As Ohio’s only publicly accessible database
of wind resource data, in 2010 GEO added
five more wind data sets to its library of 21
wind studies completed on tall towers (300
meters) to lower meteorological towers
(40 to 60 meters) across Ohio. The GEO
wind studies completed in 2010 were from
Lewisburg, New Bremen, Ashtabula Port
Authority, Lorain, and Pettisville.
Map of GEO Wind Data Sites
Monitoring Ohio Wind (MOHW)
NASA Plum Brook Station, and Parker Hannifin continued their partnership with GEO in
2010 to conduct wind studies to evaluate the potential of installing wind turbines for power
generation at facilities located in Sandusky and Lewisburg, Ohio, respectively. The site at
NASA hosted a 164 ft. (50 m) meteorological tower, while the sites at Parker Hannifin hosted
a 200 ft. (60 m) meteorological tower equipped with anemometers at multiple heights to
measure wind speed and direction over a period of 12 months or more. The Parker Hannifin
study was concluded in January 2010 and a final report was issued in February 2010. The
NASA study was concluded in December 2010 and a final report was issued in February
2011. A detailed understanding of the wind flow characteristics at a site is required before a
large-scale wind turbine can be installed. At the end of the monitoring period data from these
sites were added to GEO’s public Ohio Wind Resource Database.
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Ohio Anemometer
Loan Program (ALP)
Meteorology Tower installed for the city of Solon
Designed to promote the development of wind power
in Ohio’s communities, the Ohio Anemometer Loan
Program (ALP) provides qualified applicants with the
means to obtain site-specific wind resource data at
a fraction of the cost of an industry standard wind
resource assessment study. The goals of the 2010-2011
ALP were to: 1) increase awareness of wind energy
in Ohio, 2) increase the understanding of Ohio’s wind
resource potential by adding measured wind data to
Ohio’s wind maps, and 3) assist eligible applicants with
assessing their wind resource and evaluate the feasibility
of their sites for mid-size to utility scale wind projects
(100 kW to 5 MW). The program provides assistance
to public entities, non-profit organizations and small
businesses/industries (500 or fewer employees) that
are interested in developing wind power, but that may
lack the capital and the expertise to perform these
predevelopment tasks. A total of five applications
were received for the 2010-2011 ALP. The ALP review
committee reviewed the applications on September
9, 2010. After a period of additional questions and
discussions with the applicants, the City of Greenfield
(Highland County), the City of Solon (Cuyahoga
County), and the West Warren Industrial Partnership
(Trumbull County) were selected.
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Green Energy Ohio 2010 Annual Report
2010 Ohio Solar Tour
2010 Ohio Solar Tour
Green Energy Ohio celebrated the 8th Annual Ohio Solar Tour as the largest in the nation! Evidence
that clean energy technologies are rapidly being deployed across the Buckeye State, the 2010 tour saw
an explosion of growth (44% over 2009), both big and small in scale, in all regions of Ohio. Statewide,
the public was able to select from 243 Open House Sites and 8 Guided Tours in 119 communities across
45 counties. Thousands of people visited sites in this free event that featured: wind (33), solar thermal
(49), solar electric (174), passive solar (34), LEED (35), hydroelectric (1), geothermal (33), Energy Star
(20), energy efficient features (76), and biomass (11) technologies.
There were approximately 4,540 tour site
visits over the October 2-3 weekend.
Region
Northeast
Northwest
Central
Southeast
Southwest
Sites
85
22
31
23
82
Tour Attendees
2,293
163
489
425
1,170
Total
243
4540
In Southeast Ohio, solar tour attendees pose by the solar thermal
and photovoltaic installations at Hocking College’s Energy Institute.
Northeast
Northeast Ohio’s Tour stretched across virtually all counties in the region. Inclement weather didn’t
preclude thousands of site visits to 85 open houses and four guided tours. Back by popular demand,
attendees were able to see live demonstrations of home energy audits conducted at multiple houses
on the Tour. And for those that wanted to see much larger solar arrays, two American Recovery &
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded solar projects were open to the public, including the Jewish Federation
of Cleveland & the Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority(RTA). The Akron RTA has the largest rooftop
solar array in Ohio. Additionally, Ferro Corporation’s commitment to renewable energy as part of the
solar supply chain was further demonstrated by the recent installation of a 30.8 kW solar array at their
Independence office.
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Northwest
Northwest Ohio’s Tour had something for everyone –a utility scale solar electric system spanning 80-acres
at the 12 MW Wyandot Solar facility; multiple homes and businesses showcasing solar, wind, geothermal,
and energy efficiency technologies; and Ohio schools such as Owens Community College and the University
of Findlay, that are training a workforce in the green collar industry utilizing on-campus renewable energy
systems.
Central
Central Ohioans chose from over 30 sites, with a last minute addition of the Byers Mazda Subaru wind
turbine, installed the day before the tour! The Columbus Zoo was a new site on the tour this year,
generously giving tour goers a free tour of their Polar exhibit and its geothermal system, as well as a visit to
the bears’ neighbor, OSU’s Solar Decathlon Solar Home. RainFresh Harvests continues to be a favorite site
on the tour, with over 50 visitors exploring the farm and learning about passive solar, PV, solar thermal, wind
and bio-intensive farming practices.
Southeast
In Southeast Ohio, around 50 tour goers chose from two guided tours in the Athens area—a first ever
walking tour, with four sites and a vehicle guided tour, with five sites, which departed from the Athens
Community Center. Tour goers found the tours to be informative and positive in terms of exposing solar
technology and solutions for homeowners and for commercial users. Unlike the rest of the state, it was a
beautiful day in Athens! And for those who couldn’t make the guided tours, there were 14 additional sites
in Athens, Washington, Guernsey, Hocking, Jackson and Muskingum counties which had open houses,
showcasing energy efficiency, green design and renewables.
Southwest
The 2010 Southwest Ohio Solar Tour had 82 sites this year. For the first time, there were sites in the
Springfield area as well as the Dayton Region, which had 310 visitors with 25 host sites covering 14 cities.
The SW tour received great press coverage, and Jack Clock, SW Program Coordinator, even had a TV
appearance on one of the local business shows. Hamilton County had 46 sites, which included 5 LEED
certified sites on the University of Cincinnati campus. The local US Green Building Council (USGBC) chapter
helped secure many of this year’s sites. One of the best attended sites in the greater Cincinnati area was
the Eason residence in West Chester, which was featured in a full page article in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Across the state, tour goers proclaimed again and again that the tour sites were exceptional and that their
knowledge about renewables and energy efficiency increased as a result of going on the tour.
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Green Energy Ohio 2010 Annual Report
2010 Annual Meeting
GEO 10th Annual Meeting
The Next Decade of Advanced Green Energy
Championing environmental and economic policies for ten years, Green Energy Ohio presented The
Next Decade of Advanced Green Energy featuring expert speakers, a trade show, silent auction and
10th anniversary banquet dinner. On May 15, 2010, two hundred GEO members, partners and friends
attended this exciting milestone at Ohio State’s first LEED Building.
GEO’s Decade of Non-Profit Service 2001-2010 reviewed the major achievements, including wind
testing and commercialization efforts, SOLAR 2007 National Solar Conference hosted in Cleveland,
educational workshops across the state, policy advocacy culminating in the Ohio RPS, green jobs
training and eight Ohio Solar Tours with the nation’s largest in 2010. See www.greenenergyohio.
org/page.cfm?pageID=2669 for a complete list of the meeting’s speakers, award winners and 2009
annual report.
With 20 exhibits at the 2010 Annual Meeting, OSU’s 4-H Building made an excellent location for a beautiful and well-attended tradeshow.
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2010 GEO Membership
2010 GEO Membership
GEO’s overall membership numbers fell in 2010 from 802 in January of 2010 to 573 in
January 2011. Of the 573, 275 were also members of the American Solar Energy Society
(ASES), maintaining that GEO is still one of the largest and fastest growing ASES chapters
nationally. Membership in GEO affords a discount in joining the basic SOLAR TODAY and / or
professional membership in ASES.
GEO Corporate Memberships also fell slightly from 117 in January of 2010 to 109 in January
of 2011. Of the 109 business members the largest group continues to be at the Green
Business Member level of $200 annual dues.
In response to the decline in membership numbers GEO is developing an ongoing more
pro-active plan to retain current members and to gain new members. This plan involves
more frequent notices of expiration through email, increased utilization of social networking
tools, and the development of prospective business member packets that are being sent to
companies in the renewable energy industry. This plan along with networking at various
GEO events has already seen an increase 2011 membership numbers, so that our business
membership total had increased to 119 by the GEO May 2011 Annual Business Meeting.
End of Year
2010
Ohio Region
Northeast
Northwest
Central
Southeast
Southwest
Out of State & Others
TOTAL
Percentage
Business
Members
Members
Percentage
Business
Members
192
61
143
28
128
21
34%
11%
24%
5%
22%
4%
35
15
24
4
30
1
32%
13%
22%
4%
27%
1%
573
100%
109
100%
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Green Energy Ohio 2010 Annual Report
2010 GEO Board, Staff and Volunteers
GEO Board
In its 10th year, the 23-member GEO Board of Directorsin 2010 included several new
members from around the state to assist the organization’s ability to conduct itself as
a statewide organization. The GEO Board meets quarterly bringing broad expertise
including renewable energy business, utility, agricultural, academic, architectural, scientific,
non-profit, financial, religious and government perspectives. The Board operates with
an Executive Committee, Governance Committee, Finance Committee, Fundraising
Committee, Policy Committee, and Membership Committee using conference calls between
quarterly meetings.
GEO Staff
Unlike the previous year and half, 2010 did bring major GEO staff changes. Cleveland
GEO Northeast Ohio and Solar Program Manager, Athan Barkoukis, left GEO in October
2010 to become the manager of the City of Cleveland and First Suburbs efforts to organize
Ohio’s first Solar Improvement District. GEO’s Wind Program Manager Kemp Jaycox left in
September to take a position with a wind industry consulting firm. GEO’s staff size went
from 6.25 to 4.25 full-time equivalents.
GEO Volunteers
GEO volunteer capacity continues to experience growth, as evident by the number of
outreach events the organization is able to staff. Expanded volunteer activity led to an
expanded 2010 Ohio Solar Tour and volunteers assistance in the Columbus and Cleveland
GEO Offices and in Cincinnati and Dayton. Interns from colleges and universities also
continue to provide assistance as volunteers.
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2010 Resources
Ohio Renewable Energy Installers Directory
and EnergizeOhio Web Site
GEO maintains an up-to-date directory of professionals available to assist homeowners
and businesses to install renewable energy systems. The list includes renewable energy
installers that are certified through voluntary standards for solar electric practitioners
maintained by the North American Board of Certified Practitioners (NABCEP). The
directory is available on the GEO website, in addition to financial incentives, net metering
and interconnection information.
To visit the directory, go here: www.greenenergyohio.org/page.cfm?pageId=315
Green Energy Ohio and Ohio State University Extension have partnered to create a new
educational website on renewable energy and energy efficiency; EnergizeOhio.osu.edu.
The web site currently features information and links to incentives available to Ohioans
for the implementation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements
as well as links to other resources. Browsers of the web site can search the incentives by
county, sector (residential, commercial, agricultural, or tax-exempt), utility provider, and
incentive type (renewable energy or energy efficiency) to narrow down the incentives
to an easy to navigate list. Users will also have the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds to
stay updated on postings of new incentives. The site also hosts the recordings of Green
Energy Ohio’s webinar programs. This web site is made possible through a grant from the
Ohio Department of Development (ODOD).
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Green Energy Ohio 2010 Annual Report
Statement of Activities 2010
Support
Grants
Program Service Fees
Membership & Sponsorships
Donations
Advertising Revenue
Agency Revenue
Registration Fees
Gain on Asset Sales
Interest & Other Income
Merchandise
TOTAL
$269,011
$99,131
$67,016
$55,043
$28,046
$8,628
$9,328
$0
$3,460
$1,502
49.7%
18.3%
12.4%
10.2%
5.2%
1.6%
1.7%
$440,261
$90,597
$18,951
80.1%
16.5%
3.4%
$541,165
0.6%
0.3%
Expenses
Programs
Administrative
Fund Raising
TOTAL
$549,809
Net Assets at Beginning of Year
Net Assets at End of Year
Change in Net Assets
$118,089
$237,865
$119,776
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Statement of Financial
Position 2010
Assets
Cash
CD’s
Mutual Funds
Grants Receivable
Accounts Receivable
Contract Receivable
Agency Receivable
Other Assets
Equipment (Net of Depreciation)
TOTAL ASSETS
$238,163
$0
$1,972
$150,890
$180
$23,489
$0
$4,035
$32,520
$516,116
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
Contracts Paid in Advance
Agency Payable
Accrued Payroll Tax
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Unrestricted Assets
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
TOTAL NET ASSETS
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$24,824
$6,000
$229,350
$18,079
$278,253
$46,131
$191,734
$237,865
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